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高コレステロール血症の治療のためのググリピド:ランダム化制御試験
Philippe O Szapary1, Megan L Wolfe, LeAnne T Bloedon
1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6021, USA. szapary@mail.med.upenn.edu
JAMA
|August 14, 2003
まとめ
薬草のエキスであるググリピドは,高脂血症の成人のコレステロールを低下させず,LDLコレステロールを増加させる可能性があります. 一部の参加者は発疹を経験し,潜在的な安全性に関する懸念を示しました.
科学分野:
- 統合医療とは一体化医療です.
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- 心血管の健康についてです.
背景:
- Commiphora mukul (guggul) の抽出物は,アジアでコレステロールを減らすために使用されています.
- グーグルグル中の活性化合物であるグーグルステロンは,コレステロール代謝に関与する核受容体に対抗する.
- 西洋人群におけるググル抽出物の安全性と有効性に関するデータは限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- ググリピドの2用量の短期的な安全性と有効性を評価するために.
- 西洋食で高脂血症を有する健康な成人の脂質プロフィールに対するググリピドの効果を評価する.
主な方法:
- ダブルブラインド,ランダム化,プラセボ対照試験で,並行設計.
- 高コレステロール血症の健康な成人の103人は,標準投与グググリピド (1000 mg),高用量グググリピド (2000 mg),またはプラセボを口服で1日3回,8週間服用しました.
- プライマリアウトカムは,低密度脂質タンパク質コレステロール (LDL-C) のパーセント変化であり,次要アウトカムには,他の脂質レベルと安全対策が含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- グググリピド治療 (両方の投与量) は,プラセボと比較して8週間後にLDL-Cレベルを9〜10%増加させた (P=0.01とP=.006).
- 総コレステロール,HDL-C,トリグリセリド,VLDL-Cの有意な変化は観察されなかった.
- グググリピドは一般的によく耐えられていましたが,6人の参加者が過敏性発疹を発症しました.
結論:
- グググリピドは,高脂血症の成人の血清コレステロールレベルを改善する短期的な効果を示さなかった.
- グググリピドは,潜在的にLDL-Cレベルを上昇させ,皮膚学的過敏反応を引き起こす可能性があります.
- グググリピドの長期的な効果と安全性を明らかにするためにさらなる研究が必要である.
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